If the actual battle engine were better, this would be a great game. [Mar 2006, p.86]

A whirlwind global tour for diehards... and a bumpy ride for everyone else. [Feb 2006, p.77]

A familiar-feeling game with absolutely no personality. [Apr 2005, p.87]

A solid "X-Com" clone, tailor made for grognards and entomologists. [Feb 2006, p.86]

Tactical freaks won't find much here to really challenge them, but Legion Arena might serve as a good introduction for players unfamiliar with this type of strategy game. [Mar 2006, p.85]

A game that, wile not cutting-edge, is simply fun to play... A great game for the money. [Feb 2006, p.86]

"Starcraft," sans that pesky "fun" thing. [Jan 2005, p.90]

Good for Potter addicts, but bad controls bog it down. [Jan 2005, p.103]

Controls are fuzzy, and the overforgiving targeting, combined with weak enemy A.I., makes it nearly impossible to miss. The game is also extremely easy. [Feb 2006, p.81]

Decent but dated, this is best for the die-hard Matrix fans who still believe. [Feb 2006, p.70]

A surprisingly decent stealth shooter. [Jan 2005, p.90]

Great for joystick jockeys who like their games tough and frantic. [Jan 2005, p.102]

Delightful, disappointing, and frustrating.

A war game for casual gamers. [Jan 2005, p.88]

The camera pans and zooms as it pleases, so keeping tabs on yourself is tough enough, let alone pretzel-bending into a stamina-boosting lotus stance while ducking baddies. [Jan 2006, p.103]

Breaks no ground, but good old-school stuff with amazing graphics. [Jan 2005, p.100]

Disappointment is the litany of B&W2. As an evil god, I can build prisons and worse...but why? There's no payoff. Pointless minigames that eschew the game's central morality conflict end up being stupid, insulting, and/or infuriating.

A fun mix of strategy and role-playing, minus all the pencils and dice.

Although the horror element here suffers from one-trick-pony-itis, I was, over time, compelled enough by the story to keep going-not just because I had to, but because I was kinda interested to see how things turned out.

Decent combat system, good-looking engine, mediocre scenario design.

A cheese-filled jalapeno of action. [Jan 2005, p.98]

Exactly what you expect from a Total War expansion.

The newest addition to the offensive game-Freestyle Superstars-allows you to execute a dazzling and fun array of passing, shooting, and dribbling moves with your star players. Unfortunately, the joy of these moves is counteracted by the extremely frustrating inability of players to make layups and other close-in shots.

Love it or hate it, DOD's war is an apparently contradictory compulsion.

Fun and ambitious, but not nearly as substantial as it wants you to think it is. [Nov 2005, p.96]

Myst V isn't a rosebud twist ending to the series but rather a distinguished, picturesque, and more-than-sufficient finale.

A faithful, fun retelling of the comic book - just too short. [Dec 2005, p.106]

Here in beats the heart of a classic.but casual simmers should wait and see if patches fix the problems.